“Not yet, but I’m going to try now. Little by little, slowly.”
That’s how we spent the autumn, gradually growing deeper.
After the meal, Taegyu, who returned to the annex, couldn’t leave Sunwoo’s side, scratching his back and lingering by him. Feeling uneasy, Sunwoo suddenly turned around and asked Sunin.
“What happened to you?”
“What happened?”
“But why do you keep hovering around me, like a dog wanting to poop?”
No, well… As Taegyu scratched his forehead and tried to keep his words short, Sunin asked subtly. He asked if he remembered the little peanut who used to come to our house often. And then, without a hint of hesitation, her name came out of Sunin’s mouth.
“Okay, I remember. Narim used to follow you around, calling you ‘oppa’.”
Does she know we’re the same age now? Taekyu, approaching the grumbling Sunin, whispered in his ear as if sharing a secret.
“Only Mom knows. I’m meeting Narim.”
“You’re meeting her?”
“No, that’s not what I meant. We’re dating.”
“You’re dating Narim? Really? How did that happen?”
Mom! Taekyu lowered his voice, bringing his index finger to my lips as if silently telling me to be quiet.
“I don’t want to get beaten up, so let’s keep it a secret for a while.”
“Who’s going to beat you up? Did you meet a master? Do you not want to meet a famous painter?”
“No, Grandpa.”
“Why would Grandpa? It’s not getting beaten up, it’s more like enjoying to the point of death.”
He likes her? In response to Taekyu’s puzzled question, Sunin replied, saying that Grandpa wanted to form a relationship with Narim’s family.
“Did you say the same thing to Sunwoo?”
“Sunwoo already left. What about it?”
Oh my, is it already spring in the fall? Our Taekyu is meeting Narim? What kind of situation is this?
Sunin’s steps as she left the annex were unusually light. Before Taekyu could grasp what was going on, Sunin had already left the annex.
Throughout the ascent to the annex, Sunwoo’s eyes were fixated on the shopping bag held in Eunjae’s hand. Since Eunjae was also curious, as soon as they reached the living room, they sat side by side on the sofa to unwrap the gift.
It was a pair of baby shoes that fit snugly into Eunjae’s small hand.
“Wow.”
“I thought you’d give me a golden ingot, but it’s surprisingly modest.”
“Are baby feet really this small?”
“A newborn baby is really tiny, so small that you’re afraid to touch them.”
Eunjae left the shoes next to Sunwoo’s childhood picture frame. Although her expression seemed to be frowning, it somehow looked like she was smiling.
“Yulma, grow up just like this, neither more nor less.”
Tonight’s late-night snack was tteokbokki. Others can’t eat anything because of braces. Why do I crave food so much?
I wonder where he went this morning; since then, his expression has been dark all day. After avoiding flour dishes since her pregnancy, she made tteokbokki herself and suggested going for a night walk.
Even in the garden, she acted as if she had something to say, repeatedly biting her lip. When she decided to talk, she said nothing and repeated the action of keeping her mouth shut. When she decided to talk, she began explaining everything about her destination this morning and her activities since then. Listening to his story, I understood why he hesitated so much.
“So, would you believe me if I said I was busy? If you can’t believe it, there’s nothing I can do.”
Suddenly standing up from the bench, Eunjae grabbed Sunwoo’s hand.
“Get up. Take the lead, I need to see with my own eyes too.”
“Now? At this hour? Are you serious?”
“No.”
“What…?”
“It’s just to say that I’m disappointed.”
“I should have seen that face while I was crying! Suppressing his anger, Sunwoo burst into laughter as he looked at Eunjae, who sat back on the bench, and said again.
“You were so upset because I always came in late, so I’m telling you now. Not long ago, you took out my shirt and wore it…”
Why did you wear it in the first place? Teasing Eunjae, Sunwoo, with narrow eyes, sharply glared at him.
“Really, did you forget? You really liked me.”
“Me?”
“Even though you just watched from a distance, huh? Already?”
“There’s one thing you don’t know.”
With the chilly autumn breeze, a man’s hand approached her lips, drawing near in an instant.
“I’m always in that state even if you don’t say it.”
“So, what I wanted to say is! If something like that happens, you should have told me in advance.”
Looking at Sunwoo, who lightly smiled while looking at the two cheeks dyed like autumn leaves, Eunjae briefly pressed his lips against them and gently touched Eunjae’s smooth cheeks.
“I knew it would work out. Still, if the result doesn’t come out as expected, you might be disappointed.”
“…”
“There’s also the side of Yoon Sunwoo that you never knew.”
“…”
“For you and our soon-to-be-born child, I wanted to show only good things, that’s all.”
Nodding, Eunjae leaned her head on Sunwoo’s shoulder. And she thought.
Kwon Seung-cheol went to Yeomjeonhaeng, and the resort covered his sins, but the youngest under him, who had been passively tamed, became aimless and wandered around.
Suddenly, Eunjae, who had one question, asked.
“But, can I ask you something?”
“Anything.”
“That person named Won Ju-seong, if you think about it, he’s a bad person too. No matter what Kwon Seung-cheol ordered, he definitely threatened me and shared the money.”
“He’s a bad person. The only difference is that he had a family to protect. That was his weak point.”
“He had a family?”
A person who didn’t blink an eye when talking about something else, but was very sensitive when it came to his wife and child. Eunjae remembered the appearance of Won Ju-seong. One look was enough. The reason why she thought he was the right person for this job was because of that appearance.
“Won Ju-seong will be haunted by guilt for the rest of his life as he watches that child. I chose him because I thought he was the only person who could reflect on his past mistakes. He will be tormented by guilt when he sees that child. That’s his weak point.”
“Will he reflect on it or not, how do you know that, Mr. Sunwoo?” Eunjae pouted her lips.
“He will feel guilty for the rest of his life when he sees that child. He chose him because he thought he was the only person who could reflect on his past mistakes.”
“For the sake of his family, he betrayed Kwon Seung-cheol, who had lived more like a family than his own family. He already had someone he wanted to protect more than Kwon Seung-cheol.”
“…”
“That’s what family is, wanting to protect it at all costs.”
“…”
“Every time you change the baby’s diaper, prepare formula, and as the child grows, you’ll naturally recall the things you’ve done. Those memories will probably stay with him for a long time. He’ll regret it. It will become a shameful past even in front of his family. I hope that becomes the punishment for what he has done.”
Sunwoo also leaned his head against Eunjae’s. Eunjae reached out and gently touched Sunwoo’s hair that was leaning against her.
“Actually, I don’t really know. Whether he will reflect or not. I think that’s up to him. Whether he becomes a better husband, a better father, or stays there. That’s also his choice.”
His deep sigh melted into the autumn breeze. How difficult it must have been for him.
“It must have been tough. Thank you for your hard work.”
“See, I told you to trust only me.”
“So, you’re really reliable. That person. I hope he reflects. I hope he becomes a better person.”
“…”
“At least, I hope he was a good father to that child.”
Eunjae, who seemed to be contemplating for a moment, held hands with Sunwoo.
“If you change your mind, you can tell me anytime.”
“Huh?”
“I want to go to Dad.”
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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